{"id":973689,"date":"2019-11-22T15:16:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=916983"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:16:38","slug":"ciara-taps-lupita-nyongo-for-all-star-new-song-melanin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/ciara-taps-lupita-nyongo-for-all-star-new-song-melanin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciara Taps Lupita Nyong\u2019o for All-Star New Song \u2018Melanin\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ciara-song.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ciara\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ciara\" data-tag=\"ciara\">Ciara<\/a> unveiled a new posse cut for the ages, tapping Lupita Nyong\u2019o, City Girls, Lala Anthony and Ester Dean for her new song \u201cMelanin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dean produced and co-wrote the bustling, horn-laden cut, and sings its infectious chorus, \u201cThat\u2019s that melanin\/Yeah, that\u2019s that chocolate, chocolate\/We be killing \u2018em\/With all that chocolate, chocolate.\u201d The rest of the song boasts delightful and celebratory verses from Ciara, Lala and City Girls\u2019 JT and Yung Miami, while Oscar winner Nyong\u2019o easily holds her own as her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PRf08q88UXw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">alter-ego Troublemaker<\/a> with a verse that references Wu-Tang Clan and Kenyan long-distance runner and marathon champ Eliud Kipchoge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a statement, Ciara said of \u201cMelanin,\u201d \u201cThis is ultimately an anthem of self-love, which is a journey I\u2019ve been on since my <i>Beauty Marks<\/i> album. It celebrates the beautiful shades of culture that comprise the inner and outer beauty of everyone. Embracing the unique nature of our skin tones threads together the tapestry of humankind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMelanin\u201d arrives on the heels of Ciara\u2019s recent collaboration with IZA and Major Lazer, \u201cEvapora.\u201d In May, the singer released her latest album, <i>Beauty Marks<\/i>. Ciara is set to host the American Music Awards, which air this Sunday, November 24th, while she\u2019ll also perform on the Nickelodeon float at the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade next Thursday, November 28th.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ciara-taps-lupita-nyongo-for-all-star-new-song-melanin-916983\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ciara unveiled a new posse cut for the ages, tapping Lupita Nyong\u2019o, City Girls, Lala Anthony and Ester Dean for her new song \u201cMelanin.\u201d Dean produced and co-wrote the bustling, horn-laden cut, and sings its infectious chorus, \u201cThat\u2019s that melanin\/Yeah, that\u2019s that chocolate, chocolate\/We be killing \u2018em\/With all that chocolate, chocolate.\u201d The rest of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 23:55:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}